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Broadcasts are prohibited in ham radio. For the US, see https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=1a361a6eb3d1594e6a347ce0e363b533&mc=true&node=pt47.5.97&rgn=d
by sciurus 7y ago
Broadcasts are prohibited in ham radio.
For the US, see https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=1a361a6eb3d1594e6a347ce0e363b533&mc=true&node=pt47.5.97&rgn=div5#se47.5.97_1113 https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=1a361a6eb3d1594e6a...
> (b) An amateur station shall not engage in any form of broadcasting, nor may an amateur station transmit one-way communications except as specifically provided in these rules;
- ignaloidas 7y ago>>>Private messages (...) are prohibited in Ham Radio > Broadcasts are also prohibited in ham radio. Wait what? Isn't any message either broadcast or private?
- sciurus 7y agoNo, it's either one-way or two-way. One-way is usually prohibited except in a few case, two-way is usually fine unless it violates one of the prohibitions like encryption. Your two-way communications using ham radio are public, not private.
- jkoberg 7y ago"Broadcast" is defined as "transmissions for the consumption by the general public", at least in the US. Not one-way vs two-way.
- ceejayoz 7y agoA two-way conversation that involves short periods of what's technically "broadcasting" is very different from "tune in at 10pm to hear me talk for an hour".
- dunham 7y agoIt seems broadcasting is prohibited, but broadcasting is defined as: > (10) Broadcasting. Transmissions intended for reception by the general public, either direct or relayed. Edit: quote is take from "Definitions" section of sciurus link.